Passing the Clarity Act requires the support of at least 10 Democratic senators, given two opposing Republican senators and one incapacitated senator

Political institutions, elections, parties, policies, and public debates shaping governance across the United States.

Bicameral federal legislature of the United States, made up of the Senate and the House of Representatives, which writes law, controls federal spending and oversees the executive branch. Its two chambers represent states and districts on different terms and hold different constitutional powers.